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The Thin Blue Line

A boy who dreams of being a policeman is given his first case It was Christmas Eve morning, and Tashawn’s family was acting coy. Four siblings and their mother, Marquita, looked like they had a secret, but no one shared it with their middle brother/son, 15-year-old TaShawn. Still, he noticed that his family seemed a little […]

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We’ve Got Faith

An NFL team shows it’s support for it’s biggest fan on Christmas Eve Ever since she was a toddler, Faith Schneider, now 15, has loved the Kansas City Chiefs. A family ritual was visiting just one game a year, but splurging on the best seats the family could find to sit on the 50-yard-line. The

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The Pickup Game

A boy facing challenging obstacles, finds himself the star of a special pick-up game On Christmas Eve, the limousine driver pulled up to the Independence Events Center and parked, telling the Hibbeler family that he needed to make a brief stop from their sight-seeing tour. Sixteen-year-old Nick Hibbeler didn’t care. This limo ride was the

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Santa and the Superheroes

A five-year-old boy saves Christmas from the dark side No doubt, the security guards at Children’s Mercy Hospital have seen a lot of strange things. But never had they witnessed a Christmas Eve visitors’ list like this. Some might call it the not-so-silent night of Holy Superheroes, Batman! all for one special little boy. That

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The Time Traveler

The mission began inside a black limousine. Leather seats, high-tech lighting, a Bose speaker system. Below a shelf of glass goblets — “Is that a bar?”— Kathy Harris discovered a lift-off compartment with iced-down soft drinks, including Dr. Pepper, her sonʼs favorite. “Tommy, do you want some?ʼ she asked her 13-year-old. He nodded, almost laughing.

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Little Surfer Dude

A little boy wants to see the ocean, before he can no longer see Tadan Foss is a boy made for the beach. Like the ocean, his 4-year-old smile is big and wide, beautiful and bountiful. Like surfer dudes, he likes his locks long and refuses haircuts. He is like numerous children you have seen

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